Rachel's Story - Episode 4

This is Episode 4 of Rachel's Story, part of Mencap's Treat me well campaign. Transcript: Announcer: You are now listening to Episode 4 of Rachel’s story, part of Mencap’s Treat me well campaign . Every episode of Rachel’s story is based on real experiences of people with a learning disability who have been to hospital. If you haven’t listened to previous episodes, please go back to Episode 1 to hear Rachel’s story from the beginning. Med Professional: Rachel, come with me, quickly. Rachel: I’m not sure who it was, but they rushed me out of the room. I didn’t know what was happening. The doctor was talking so fast. They rushed me to another room. Where is my hospital passport? And where is my dad? I wanted to ask but couldn’t get the words out. Med Professional: So sorry for the delay and the mixup but we’ve just been backed up with different requests. I’ve managed to get you in to get a CT scan so we can see whether or not you’ve got appendicitis or if it’s just maybe just a fever along with some gastrointestinal problems. Rachel: When we got there, I saw this big machine. You could lie down inside it. They wanted me to lie down so that I could go in the machine. No one told me what’s gonna happen. I wished that nurse from before was here. Med Professional: Now if you’ll just get on the table, we’ll get you into the CT scan so we can…. Rachel: I don’t like little places. They scare me. And my dad wasn’t there. I can’t understand what this person was saying. I couldn’t help it. I started to get upset. They tried to get in the machine. I screamed and I ran. Announcer: This is the end of Episode 4. Rachel’s story is a combination of experiences that real people with a learning disability have had in hospital. Rachel’s experiences in this episode are based on Desmond’s story. To read Desmond’s story and to find out more about Treat me well, our campaign for better hospital care, please visit . Sign up to campaign emails on the website to get the next episode. Thank you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rachel's Story - Episode 4 is an episode from Rachel's Story - Treat me well by Royal Mencap Society.

This episode is 2:12 long.

This episode was published on Aug 2, 2018.

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